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India set to ramp up engagement with Tehran

Jun 13, 2015 - 3:54 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): India is reopening its engagement with Tehran even as a game-changing nuclear deal between Iran and world powers looks potentially around the corner. After Nitin Gadkari’s visit to the Iranian capital in […]

India may top Brics: John Chambers – Cisco’s Chairman and CEO

Jun 13, 2015 - 2:44 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

The chances of India becoming top emerging country of the Brics grouping are “extremely good” under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, tech giant Cisco’s Chairman and CEO John Chambers said on Wednesday. “We made a big […]

India at 100 on human capital index, Finland leads pack

May 15, 2015 - 11:41 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

GENEVA (TIP): India has been ranked at a lowly 100 position on the global Human Capital Index, which measures countries on development and deployment of human capital. Finland has topped the 124-nation list. India is […]

Strategic Autonomy as an Indian Foreign Policy Option

May 8, 2015 - 9:09 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

[quote_right]For a large country like India, which has the potential of becoming a big power in the future, strategic autonomy is a compelling choice. By virtue of its demographic, geographic, economic and military size, India […]

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SMART MOVES – Modi Government on US & China

Mar 27, 2015 - 12:11 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

(Gen. Ashok K. Mehta is the convener of the India-Pakistan and India-Afghanistan Policy Groups.)

Reset of a policy of equidistance

Feb 13, 2015 - 7:46 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office, an Indian TV channel held a discussion on likely foreign policy reorientation. When the doyen of South Asian Studies, Stephen Cohen, was asked in which direction Mr. Modi […]

Business & Economics

E-VISA SYSTEM LIKELY TO BE ROLLED OUT NEXT

Oct 31, 2014 - 7:07 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Government will roll out by next week the muchawaited electronic-visa system for tourists from select countries including US and Japan. Home minister Rajnath Singh along with tourism minister Sripad Naik will […]

INDIA- US RELATIONS

Sep 26, 2014 - 12:46 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

I.S. Saluja Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modiarrives in New York today, September 26, on afive day visit to USA. His visit, the first asPrime Minister, is being viewed as a powerful push to ensure […]

BRICS bank not aimed at challenging existing multilateral institutions: RBI Governor

Sep 12, 2014 - 10:13 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): The move to establish BRICS bank is meant to provide patient money and not aimed at challenging the existing multilateral financial institutions like the IMF and the World Bank, RBI Governor Raghuram […]

INDIA: THE ODD BRIC OUT

Sep 12, 2014 - 8:19 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

India must strike a balance between its new emerging partners and beneficial Western ties India would be foolish to join an anti-Western bloc as India’s rise is inherently tied to the West. Given the popular […]

INDIA SLIPS TO 71ST RANK IN GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS LIST

Sep 4, 2014 - 6:36 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

GENEVA/NEW DELHI (TIP): Weighed down by challenging economic conditions for most part of the past year, India has slipped to 71st position — the lowest among BRICS countries — in an annual global competitiveness list, […]

Basics very much in Indian economy’s favor

Aug 14, 2014 - 7:03 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

INDIA’S JOURNEY TO DEVELOPMENT AND CHALLENGES The economy of India is the tenthlargest in the world by nominal GDP and the third-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP).The country is one of the G-20 major economies, […]

Business & Economics

ECGC signs pact with BRICS countries’ export credit insurance agencies‘

Jul 25, 2014 - 5:51 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

MUMBAI (TIP): Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd (ECGC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Co-operation with the Export Credit Insurance Agencies (ECA) of BRICS countries in Fortaleza, Brazil. The MoU, which […]

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PM MODI RETURNS FROM BRAZIL AFTER ATTENDING BRICS SUMMIT

Jul 18, 2014 - 7:35 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to New Delhi last night after attending theVIth BRICS Summit in Fortaleza in Brazil. On his way back, Modi made a transit halt at Frankfurt and had […]

BRICS SUMMIT: WHAT NARENDRA MODI SAID

Jul 18, 2014 - 6:47 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

FORTALEZA, BRAZIL (TIP): BRICS should be driven by people-to-people contact led by the youth of the five nations, India‘s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told leaders of China, Russia, Brazil and South Africa at the […]

Of Bullet Trains and Boundary Disputes

Jul 18, 2014 - 6:47 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

“While economic cooperation with China is mutually beneficial, India must review its approach to border issues with the Asian giant. It should insist that the dispute be resolved in accordance with 2005 Guiding Principles”, says […]

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BRICS for a New Bank

Jul 18, 2014 - 6:44 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

What might have been dismissed as an impossibility just five years ago is now a reality. Defying skeptics and critics, five countries that between them account for 40 per cent of the world’s population and […]

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INDIA TO HOST IBSA SUMMIT NEXT YEAR

Jul 18, 2014 - 6:42 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

BRASILIA (TIP): India will host the next summit of IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) in New Delhi next year, giving importance to the grouping notwithstanding the BRICS forum of which these countries are also members. […]

BRICS Summit Clears Setting Up of $100 Billion New Development Bank

Jul 18, 2014 - 5:52 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

India to be first President of the bank FORTALEZA, BRAZIL (TIP): The new development bank of the group of BRICS countries will be headquartered in Shanghai, China, with the presidency initially held by India. The […]

It’s a new era in India’s foreign policy as countries compete to woo Modi

Jun 13, 2014 - 8:44 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

“The new majority government in power in New Delhi, freed from debilitating coalition politics and attaching priority to economic development, has aroused external interest”, says the author. In foreign policy, Prime Minister Modi has hit […]

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Fear and loathing in Washington

May 2, 2014 - 8:00 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The known unknowns about Modi are perfect catalysts for a reset of India-US relations Over the past three years, Washington has also come to believe it did India too big a favor with the nuclear […]

India ranks 102 out of 132 nations on social development index

Apr 4, 2014 - 6:45 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): India ranks 102nd among the 132 countries on the Social Progress Index, a measure of human wellbeing that goes beyond traditional economic measures such as GDP or per capita income. Of the […]

FOREIGN RELATIONS OF INDIA

Jan 24, 2014 - 8:18 am EST @theindpanorama 0

India has formal diplomatic relations with most nations; it is the world’s second most populous country, the world’s mostpopulous democracy and one of the fastest growing major economies. With the world’s seventh largest military expenditure, […]

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The India of 2013 is not the India of 1991

Nov 1, 2013 - 8:08 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

With simple ideas that do not require big bang reforms, India can weather the storm caused by global and domestic economic factors, believes the author. There are ways of looking at India’s present economic woes […]

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India gets 101st rank on global gender gap index

Oct 25, 2013 - 7:05 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI/GENEVA (TIP): Indicating a poor state of affairs on gender parity front, India was today ranked at a low 101st position on a global Gender Gap Index despite an improvement by four places since […]

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